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Kangangexesha elide bendimathidala ukuqalisa le webhusayithi kwaye ndiyipapashe kwi-Intanethi. Ukususela ngo-2005, ndiye ndaxoxa nabazalwana noodade becawa yethu ngezinto endikholelwa ukuba ndizifumene ngokubukela iziganeko zehlabathi nezifundo zeBhayibhile, ingakumbi isiprofeto. Izifundo zam zazibonisa ukuba yayilixesha lokuba ndilungiselele isikhalo esikhulu ndize ndihambe ezixekweni, ndisafikelela kuzo. Nangona kunjalo, impendulo ngokubanzi yaba: “Owu ewe, inika umdla kakhulu loo nto. Siza kubona ukuba unyanisile na.” Yaye yayiyiloo nto kuphela eyayithethwa sisininzi esikhulu.
Akukho mntu uphendule. Akukho mntu wabonayo ukuba yonke into eyayishunyayelwe ukususela ngo-1844 yayisele isondele kuthi, iBandla lamaSabatha kunye nehlabathi liphela. “Iintombi ezinyulu” zonke zalala ubuthongo njengoko uYesu wayethetha ngendlela echukumisayo kulo mzekeliso. Bambalwa kakhulu ababefuna ukwazi ukuba sasikuphi ngokwenene kumsinga wexesha lesiprofeto. Kwakukho abazalwana abambalwa kuphela eKhanada ababefundisisa ngenkuthalo benocwangciso oluneenkcukacha lweziganeko zokugqibela. Ithayimthebhile yabo, nangona kunjalo, yayinobuthathaka obuncinane kuba yaqala kanye kwiintsuku ezingama-295 phambi kokubhengezwa komthetho weCawe e-US kwaye yayingeloncedo kangako ukuba ufuna ukwazi ukuba ukude kangakanani umthetho weCawe ngenene. Akukho mntu wayesazi ukuba zaziya kuqalisa nini iintsuku ezingama-295—kwaye ngaloo ndlela lonke ixesha. Ngapha koko, uninzi lwacinga ukuba olo balo lwaluya kuba alukho eBhayibhileni kwaye luchasene ngokucacileyo noMoya weSiprofetho (Ellen G. White) ngaphandle kokuthandabuza nokuba kunokubakho inyaniso kuyo.
Kwenzeke ntoni kuma-Adventist? Xa ndandibhaptizwa ngo-2003 njengeSeventh-day Adventist, ndavuyiswa kukuba ekugqibeleni ndiyifumene icawa eyayinalo lonke ulwazi lwesiprofeto endandilufuna ngelize kangangeminyaka engama-25. Ekuqaleni, Ndabanethamsanqa lokuba kunye nabazalwana abathile kwidolophu encinane yaseSpain ababeqonda ngokwenene okuninzi malunga nemibhalo yoMoya weSiprofetho, kwaye emininzi yemibuzo yam yaphendulwa. Noko ke, kungekudala ndaqonda ukuba abaninzi babeyekile ukukhangela okanye abazange baqalise ukukhangela imiqondiso yokuzaliseka kweziprofeto kwimekobume yabo, kwezobupolitika, kwinzululwazi, ngokukodwa kwitrone yamarhamncwa eSityhilelo 13 nese-17 .
Kamva, xa ndafika kwintsimi yobuvangeli basemazweni eMzantsi Merika, imbono yam embi ngokuphaphela kwecawa yabethelelwa. Abazalwana bam apha bonke babeneliseke ngokupheleleyo kukwazi ukuba ngenye imini "uMthetho weCawa weSizwe" e-US uya kubhengezwa, ukuba siya kujongana namaxesha anzima, ukuba kuphela emva koko kuya kufuneka sibe zizitya ezihlambulukileyo zokuthululwa koMoya oyiNgcwele-imvula yokugqibela-kwaye nokuba kunjalo uKristu uza kufika ngokukhawuleza ukuba asikhokelele ekhaya kwiindawo zokuhlala zasezulwini. Uninzi lwabo lwalungazazi nezibhalo zoMoya weSiprofetho. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo, onke amabandla ayendithi ntsho ngokungakholelwa xa ndishumayela ukuba imithetho yangeCawa sele isondele. Babengazange bayive le nto kubefundisi babo.
Sinokukuchaza njani oku kungakhathali? Ukulungiselela kwethu iziganeko zokugqibela kufuneka kugxininiswe ngokukodwa “ekungcwalisweni” kobomi bethu neentsapho zethu, nasekubhengezweni kwezigidimi zezithunywa zezulu ezintathu (Izityhilelo 14). Kwilizwe lam eMzantsi Melika, nangona kunjalo, babengazi nto malunga nemigaqo jikelele yohlaziyo lwezempilo, leyo uEllen G. White wayidibanisa ngokungenakuphikiswa kunye nesigidimi sengelosi yesithathu. Yaye abazalwana babengenalo nofifi ngobunzima ababeza kujamelana nabo ecaweni nakwihlabathi. Ndaqalisa ukuthetha nabadala nabefundisi abaninzi, ndaza ndajamelana nokuswela ukuqonda ngakumbi. Ndaxelelwa ngokucacileyo ukuba yayingeyonto yethu ukuqonda ikamva yaye akukho bani unokuze atolike isiprofeto ngokuchanileyo. Bambi babo bade bashumayela ukuba kwakungasayi kuze kuphinde kufike intshutshiso yentsalela—kuba oku kwakusele kuzalisekile ekutshatyalalisweni kweYerusalem yaye kwakungasayi kuphinda kwenzeke!
Okukhona ndibona ibandla, kwaba kokukhona ndivuma kum ukuba abazalwana bam babengayithandi ncam into yokuba uYesu ebuyile. Oko kwakubonwa ngokuchuliweyo kuphela eSpeyin kwakusele kubonakala kuyo yonke icawa yakuMzantsi Merika. Babemathidala ukuhlanjululwa nguKristu kumgwebo wophando owaqalisa ngowe-1844. Yayingumgudu omkhulu ukuphila ubomi obungcwele NGAPHAMBI kokuthululwa kwemvula yamva nje nesikhalo esikhulu. Inkoliso yayicinga ukuba yayiphazamisa kakhulu ukuzama ukuwusingatha ngokunzulu umbandela wokwenza umgudu wokusebenzisana noKristu ukuze aphelise iziphene eziseleyo kwiimpawu zabo. Kwakulula ngakumbi ukuhlala bexabisa i-ego yabo. Isaci esavakaliswa bubomi babazalwana bam sasisithi “Ndifuna ukuhlala ndinje.”
Ndeva amazwi avela epulpitini afana nala: “Owu, ukuzila ukudla kukaKristu entlango? Masingayiqondi kakubi! Ibhayibhile yabhalwa nje ngabantu, kwaye ngenene ababhali babesebenzisa ulwimi lwabantu kunye nentelekelelo yabo. Akukho mntu unokuphila iintsuku ezingama-40 ngaphandle kokutya! Kambe ke, kwakhula iziqhamo ezininzi entlango apho uYesu wayekho—apha kukho ipayinapile, kukho ibhanana! Ukuzila ukutya kukaYesu kwakunxulumene nenyama kuphela, yaye olo yayiluvavanyo lokholo oloyikekayo, njengoko bekuya kuba njalo nakuthi! Kodwa asingoKrestu, kwaye ngaphandle koko, akunyanzelekanga ukuba siluthathele phezulu uhlengahlengiso lwezempilo apha eMzantsi Melika kuba izilwanyana zethu zisesempilweni. Akukabikho isifo senkomo ephambeneyo okwangoku! Yaye ukuba simenyelwe kwindawo yabangakholwayo, ngokuqinisekileyo sinokuyitya inyama yehagu, ukuze singabakhubekisi! KwanoKristu akazange azithabathe nzulu izinto! Kwaye nangona kunjalo, uThixo uluthando kwaye akafuni ukuba abantwana Bakhe bazohlwaye.” Ndingade ndikuxelele amabali malunga nokubona kwam abefundisi abamiselweyo besitya inyama yehagu esidlangalaleni kwisidlo sasemini seSabatha emva kwecawe, kwindawo yamaSabatha, baze bayinike abanye.
Iintetho kunye nokuziphatha okunjalo azikho eBhayibhileni, azikho ama-Adventist, kwaye ziyingozi ngokwenene! Ndabona ukuba abazalwana noodadewethu abanamdla wokungcwaliswa kobomi babo, kuba uMoya wesiprofeto wawunyamalele kuyo yonke intshumayelo yasepulpitini. Okanye ngaba ucinga ukuba kulungile ukuba sishumayele nje uthando lukaThixo kungekhona enye into?
Ngokungakumbi, ndaqalisa ukuzibuza isizathu sokuba iBhayibhile izichaza ngokuchane kangaka iziganeko zokugqibela nezizichaza ngokuchane kangaka, yaye ndandizibuza isizathu sokuba ekubonakala ukuba ezi zinto zazingenamdla kubazalwana noodade wethu. Ngokuka-Ellen G. White, abaprofeti beTestamente eNdala babhala kancinci ngexesha labo, kwaye ngakumbi “kwixesha lethu lesiphelo”. Kwaye ngokufunda iincwadi ezininzi zikaEllen G. White, owasikelelwa nguThixo ebomini bakhe waza wafumana amawaka emibono eyavelisa amazwi esiprofeto phakathi kwezinye izinto ezininzi, ndaphawula ukuba siyakwazi kuphela ukudibanisa ezimbalwa zezo ngxelo ngokuthe ngqo neBhayibhile. Wayesoloko esithi ‘wayesisikhanyiso esincinane’ esasiya kukhokelela kufundisiso ‘lokukhanya okukhulu,’ iBhayibhile, yaye ukuba ngokwenene sasifundisisa iBhayibhile ngendlela ebesifanele senze ngayo, bekungayi kuba yimfuneko ukuba uThixo amthumele.
Inyaniso ikukuba, inkoliso yama-Adventist ikufumanisa kunzima kakhulu ukufumana nje umthetho wangeCawa eBhayibhileni. Ewe, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayazi ukuba uphawu lwerhamncwa kukugcinwa kweCawa. Kodwa ukuba oko kubaluleke kangaka, ibe uEllen G. White wabhala ngako ngokuphindaphindiweyo, siphi isibhengezo soMthetho weCawa weSizwe eUnited States obhalwe eBhayibhileni? Ewe, ngubani onokundixelela? Ngaba kunzima? Okanye ndixelele, ziphi na iintlekele zendalo ezinkulu apho uMoya wesiprofeto uthetha, ukuba onke amaxilongo kunye namatywina azalisekile ngokwesiprofeto ngaphambi kwe-1844? Kulungile, sisenaye uMateyu 24 noLuka 21, kodwa ngaba ezi ndima zibonisa ulandelelwano oluchanekileyo lweziganeko? Okanye kunzima nangakumbi: Siwufumana phi “ukonakala kwelizwe lase-United States” kulandela umthetho weCawa? Okanye, sinokubonisa njani ngokusuka eBhayibhileni ukusekwa okwalandelayo koRhulumente weHlabathi elinye, kukho upopu encotsheni, kuluhlu lwexesha elingokwesiprofeto?
"Oh", unokuthi, "Ngaba yonke le nto ibaluleke kangako?” Ekubeni uMoya wesiprofeto uye walatha kangangezihlandlo ezininzi ukuba sifanele sifundisise iindinyana ezithile neencwadi zeBhayibhile ngaphambi kokuba kufike isiphelo, yaye ekubeni noYesu ngokwakhe wabethelela izihlandlo ezininzi ukuba sifanele sifundisise iincwadi ezithile, ngaba akufanele kube nokwenzeka ngathi ukuba sibonise zonke ezi zinto eBhayibhileni? Eneneni, imele ukuba ibalulekile kuthi kuba uThixo akabonisi nantoni na engabalulekanga!
Kodwa kutheni ibalulekile? Kutheni le nto uThixo ezifake kwingxaki yokusazisa iinkcukacha ezininzi kangaka ngeziganeko zokugqibela? UYesu ngokwakhe uphendula le mibuzo:
Ngoku ke ndinixelele kungekehli. ukuze, xa kuthe kwehla, nikholwe. (UYOHANE 14:29)
Isiprofeto seBhayibhile, esinikelwe nguThixo, sinenjongo enye: Kukwenza lula amathuba amabini kwabo basiqondayo isiprofeto ngokuchanekileyo. Okokuqala, kukusindisa ubomi babo, kwaye emva koko balumkise abanye kwaye babakhuthaze ukuba nabo bamkele isipho sobabalo seNkosi. Isilumkiso esikhulu sokugqibela esiya kuthi onke ama-Adventist aya kutywinwa asinike uluntu sibizwa ngolwimi lwama-Adventist ngokuthi "isikhalo esikhulu"! Abo batywiniweyo, i-144,000 ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, baya kuvakalisa isikhalo esikhulu ngaphambi nje kokuvalwa kovavanyo phantsi kweemeko ezinzima kakhulu kubo. Liphantsi kwentshutshiso yorhulumente wehlabathi phantsi kolawulo loopopu, naphantsi kwengcinezelo yemithetho yehlabathi eya kuyichasa imithetho kaThixo. Kuya kuba phantse kungenakwenzeka ukuba “abangcwele abayigcinayo imithetho kaThixo,” phantsi kwesisongelo sesohlwayo kwanokufa, bathembeke kuThixo ngaphandle kokwaphula imithetho yomntu baze ngaloo ndlela baphathwe “njengezaphuli-mthetho”. Phantsi kwazo zonke ezi meko zoyikekayo uthumo olukhulu lukaMateyu 28:18-20 luya kugqitywa kwaye ivangeli yokwenyaniso kaYesu iya kushunyayelwa okokugqibela emhlabeni jikelele. kwandule ke ukufika ukuphela.
Abantu be-Advent kufuneka balungele ukwenza umsebenzi wokuvakalisa isikhalo esikhulu. Okokuqala, oko kuthetha ukulungela ukwamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele, “imvula yamva.” Akukho mntu uya kufumana "ukuhlaziywa" koMoya oyiNgcwele ngaphandle kokuba ufunde ukuphila ubomi obungcwele. UMoya oyiNgcwele uthululelwa “ezityeni ezihlambulukileyo” kuphela. Abayi-144,000 XNUMX baza kusebenza kunye noYesu baze baxonxe abantu babo ukuze babe nyulu yaye babe njengoKristu. Umgwebo wophando uya kuphela xa bonke betywinwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye banike isilumkiso esikhulu sokugqibela kwihlabathi.
Kodwa akuphelelanga apho! Aba ngabantu abaya kufumana ubuhlobo obusondeleyo noYesu ngokufunda iBhayibhile kunye nokuthandaza rhoqo ukuze bafane neNkosi yabo kuyo yonke into. UYesu wayenguMfundisi Omkhulu, ibe wayezazi iZibhalo ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye. Emva kokuvuka kwakhe, watolika kubafundi endleleni eya e-Emawusi yonke into eyayiprofetwe ngaYe kwiTestamente eNdala, kuquka ukuza kwakhe nomsebenzi wakhe emhlabeni. Wayeyingcaphephe engaqhelekanga kwisiprofeto seTestamente eNdala! Ngapha koko, ukususela kwiphepha lokuqala ukuya kwelokugqibela, iBhayibhile ithetha ngoYesu. UnguMdali wendalo yonke, kwaye Walungisa icebo lentlawulelo yelizwe elilahlekileyo naphambi kokudalwa kwalo. Iziprofeto ezingekazalisekiswa zeTestamente eNdala neNtsha ziza kuzaliseka kwakamsinyane phambi kwamehlo ethu, kwaye uninzi lweziprofeto ezathi zazalisekiswa ngaphambili ngokomfuziselo ekuhambeni kwembali ziya kuphindwa ngendlela yokoqobo. Sele siphakathi kwezi ziganeko zokugqibela nezikhawulezayo, ukanti abaninzi baye bavala amehlo kunokuba bazame ukuziphuhlisa belungiselela isikhalo esikhulu. IBhayibhile ifundisa ukuba njani; sele ibonisiwe yiNkosi yabo Enkulu.
Thina ma-Adventist sizibona singuEliya wesithathu. Owokuqala yayingumprofeti ngokwakhe, owesibini yayinguYohane umBhaptizi, owavakalisa ukuza kokuqala kukaKristu, yaye thina singabesithathu abaza kuvakalisa ukuza kwesibini kukaKristu. Kwaye oku kufikelela incopho yayo ngesikhalo esikhulu. Ngoko asifanele na ukuba sikwazi ukubonisa abanye abantu yonke into eyaprofetwayo ngokuza kwesibini kukaKristu eBhayibhileni? Amazwi kaYesu akwiSityhilelo 10:11 , asebenza ixesha elisemva kokuphoxeka okukhulu kowe-1844 de kube sekupheleni kovavanyo, athi:
Sathi kum, Umele ukuba ubuye uprofete ngabantu, neentlanga, neelwimi, nookumkani, abaninzi. (ISityhilelo 10:11)
Igama lesiGrike elithi prophēteuō elisetyenziswe apha, lithetha “profeta"Okanye"ukuxela kwangaphambili iziganeko”. Ngoko uYesu wagxininisa isiprofeto kungekhona ukushumayela nje ngokubanzi! Abantu kwimihla yokugqibela yembali yoluntu baya kwenziwa lukhuni kangangokuba uThixo kuya kufuneka asebenzise iindlela zokugqibela anazo kubutyebi Bakhe bemilinganiselo ukuze abuyisele abaninzi kwinguquko nakwinguquko kanye ngomzuzu wokugqibela: imfazwe, indlala, iindyikitya zokufa, nokufa zizihlwele eziphambanayo ngenxa yoloyiko nonxunguphalo, abangazichaziyo okanye abangaziqondi kakuhle iziganeko ezimanyumnyezi ezisilindele kwakamsinya.
Emva koko, ama-Adventist amaninzi akholelwa ukuba abantu baya kuqalisa ukuvuka xa sishumayela ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba uMthetho weCawa weSizwe uya kubhengezwa eUnited States kunye nentshabalalo yesizwe ekufuneka ilandelwe, nokuba kungekudala lo mthetho wangeCawa uya kunwenwa kuwo wonke umhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, oku kugxininiswe ulwazi lwesiprofeto kwaye ezi ziqikelelo zafika kubantu be-Advent ngemibhalo ka-Ellen G. White, ngoko ke nabani na ongakholelwa kuMoya wesiprofeto sika-Ellen G. White-kwaye (ngelishwa) akukho mntu wenza ngaphandle kwama-Adventist ngokwabo-ayi kuguqulwa nokuba ezi ziprofeto "zongezelelweyo-zebhayibhile" zizaliseka phambi kwamehlo abo. Andizukuphinda ndibuyele kubuKatolika nokuba iziprofeto zeembonakalo zaseMarian zinokuzaliseka zonke. Ngoba kutheni? Kuba andiwuqondi umongo wonke. Ndiyazi ukuba ezi ziprofeto azikho eBhayibhileni kwaye ke ngoko zibubuxoki, kwaye ndinokuxhomekeka kuphela kwiBhayibhile eliLizwi likaThixo.
Ndiqonda kakuhle ngokufunda nokuthelekisa ukuba umsebenzi ka-Ellen G. White uvakala ngokupheleleyo ngokwebhayibhile kwaye uyintsikelelo; engazange athethe okanye abhale nantoni na ephikisana neBhayibhile. Kodwa abangengawo ama-Adventist abanalo olu lwazi lunzulu. Baziqonda kuphela izinto kwinqanaba lokuqonda kwabo iBhayibhile rhoqo okunganelanga. Akukho nto ngaphandle. Ukuba isikhalo esikhulu siviwa phantsi kwentshutshiso, akusayi kuphinda kubekho ixesha lezifundo zeBhayibhile ezinde nezinzulu ukuze zithelekiswe noMoya weSiprofetho. Abantu abasayi kuphinda baguquke ngokufunda incwadi enye okanye ngaphezulu enamaphepha angama-800. Akukho mntu uya kukwazi ukuhlala phantsi aze afunde "Ingxabano Enkulu", ngenxa yeentlekele eziya kutyelela umhlaba wethu. Konke kuya kwenzeka ngokukhawuleza kwaye phantsi kokubandezeleka okukhulu!
Ngexesha lesikhalo esikhulu, kuya kubakho umbuzo omnye kuphela: Ngubani obekek’ ityala ngonxunguphalo neziganeko ezimanyumnyezi kwisijikelezi-langa sethu, esingenankcazelo yenzululwazi?
Kwaye kuya kubakho iimpendulo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo kunye neengcaciso ezinikwe ngamaqela amabini ahlukeneyo abantu:
- Iqela lokuqala liya kuthi: “Abo banetyala abachasayo umbutho woxolo nokhuseleko ehlabathini lonke kwaye bagcina iSabatha yeBhayibhile endaweni yoMhla woPhumlo owaziwayo jikelele, uSuku loXolo noSapho, ngeCawa. Babonisa umsindo kaYesu ongenakuphinda uthotywe, kungenguMariya, neengcwele, noothixo.”
- Kwaye iqela lesibini liya kuthi: “Abo banetyala abagcina iCawa njengoMhla wokuPhumla ngokuchasene nomthetho we-4 kaThixo, kwaye batshutshisa iqaqobana lamaKrestu elifuna ukugcina iMithetho eLishumi yantlandlolo kaThixo, iSabatha. Yaye ke ngoko babonakalisa ingqumbo kaThixo, ngenxa yokuba ‘bachukumisa ukhozo lweliso lakhe,’ abantu Bakhe.”
Omabini amaqela aya kukholelwa ukuba achanekile. Kodwa linye kuphela iqela eliya kulitshutshisa elinye. Umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwamaqela kukuba omnye uya kuba ephikisana ngelixa omnye ecinezela kwaye esohlwaya. Iqela elinye liya kuba nalo lonke igunya emhlabeni lize lisebenzise amasebe owiso-mthetho, eenkundla, kunye namasebe alawulayo karhulumente ukuze alivale ade alitshabalalise elinye iqela.
Linye kuphela iqela eliya kulwa ngokunyanisekileyo yaye lingenzi nanye inwele entlokweni yakhe nabani na, ukanti liya kubekw’ ityala ngamanye ngako konke ukubandezeleka okusemhlabeni. Bali-144,000 XNUMX, eliya kuquka iqaqobana lamaSabatha athembekileyo kunye nabo bayishiyayo iBhabhiloni ngomzuzu wokugqibela. Ndiza kuchaza oku kwinqaku elahlukileyo kamva, kuba ukungaqondi ngokubanzi kukhulu kakhulu kwaye kukho ukushumayela okuninzi okuphosakeleyo ngayo. Kuya kubakho kuphela iqaqobana labantu abanenyaniso, yaye baya kutshutshiswa baze bafe ngenxa yayo, kanye njengeNkosi yabo, uYesu Kristu, kwiinkulungwane ezingaphambili. Kodwa abo bayiqondayo yonke loo nto phambi kokuba Ezo ziganeko ziyaqala ekugqibeleni baya kubona ukuba leliphi na iqela abamele bazibandakanye phambi kokuba ucango lwenceba luvalwe ukuba nabo bafuna ukusindiswa. Siso esi sikhalo esikhulu: iqela elitshutshiswayo labantu abathanda uxolo abafuna ukwenza into enye kuphela, ekukuthobela uThixo wabo, indleko yayo ... nokuba bubomi babo. Into engekafezwa ngokupheleleyo kwiminyaka engama-2000 yokushumayela ivangeli ekugqibeleni iya kuphunyezwa leli qela lincinane labantu. Kuya kwenziwa isigqibo sokugqibela somntu ngamnye ophilayo malunga nokuba uyafuna na ukungena kweli qela. Ngamnye uya kuba nguMlandeli okanye oPhuhliweyo. Kwandule ke kufike ukuphela!
Kwakhona, yonke into iya kwenzeka njengoko kwakuprofetiwe! Kuya kubakho intshutshiso ngenxa yemithetho yangeCawa, kodwa ukuvuswa kwabantu akusayi kuza ngemithetho yangeCawa ngokwabo, kodwa ngentshutshiso nokubandezeleka kweqaqobana labantu elifuna nje ukuthobela nokuthembeka kuThixo wabo neNkosi.
Ngoko ke kufuneka kuboniswe ngaphambili ukuba ngokuphindaphindiweyo iBhayibhile yalatha ekutshutshisweni kweqaqobana lamangqina athembekileyo kaYesu. Imele iboniswe ukuba iBhayibhile isixelela kanye ngendlela amagunya aza kubumba ngayo kule mihla yokugqibela, eya kuma kurhulumente wehlabathi ukuze amanyanise amagunya amakhulu amathathu. Ukuba sinokuyifumana yonke loo nto eBhayibhileni kwaye sinokubonisa ukuba ngoku iyazaliseka phambi kwamehlo ethu, kwaye Ngubani isemva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngoko ke abaninzi baya kuqonda ukuba leliphi na iqela elinoxanduva ngenene kuzo zonke iintsizi: iqela eliya kuthi lithethe ngolawulo lwehlabathi lizame ukutshabalalisa abanye. Iqela eliya kuba negunya okwethutyana lokutshutshisa abantwana bakaThixo lize libabulale liya kubekek’ ityala.
Ngoko ke, umbuzo uba: ngubani ngoku ocwangcisa urhulumente wehlabathi kwaye ngoobani amagunya akhokelayo emva kwawo? Kwaye phantse kubaluleke ngakumbi: ziye zaqhubela phambili kangakanani izicwangciso zabo? Kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukuze kugqitywe konke oku?
Thina ma-Adventist siyazi ngokusuka eBhayibhileni kunye noMoya weProfethi ukuba ngubani na la magunya akhokelayo: upapa kunye ne-US, eya kukhuthaza zonke iintlanga zomhlaba ukuba zikhethe upapa njengenkokeli "yokuziphatha". Kodwa asazi ukuba amalungiselelo otshaba aqhubele phambili kangakanani na, kuba phantse sonke silinde ngokusisigxina "kwisibane esiluhlaza": Umthetho weCawa weSizwe eUnited States. Kodwa ndithi: ngoko kuya kuba kusemva kwexesha ukuchaza (okanye ukuprofeta) ebantwini ukuba iqaqobana elitshutshiswayo liya kuba nenyaniso, kuba siya kuba sele sitshutshiswa. Ukubhengezwa kwegunya elitshutshisayo kuya kuba kukuba sitshutshiswa ngenxa yokuba singamalungu “ehlelo lolwaphulo-mthetho” elaphula umthetho welizwe okanye wezizwe ngezizwe. Ke, ngelo xesha bambalwa kakhulu abanokumamela into esiyithethayo.
Isitshixo sempumelelo sikwingxelo elula kaKristu:
Ngoku ke ndinixelele kungekehli, ukuze, xa kuthe kwehla, nikholwe. (UYOHANE 14:29)
Ndingathanda ukucaphula inqaku lika-Ellen G. White elibhalwe ngexesha lobunzima ebandleni. Ndiyazi ukuba ayibhekiseli ngqo kumthetho weCawe. Nangona kunjalo, indlela ekhankanywe apha yeengozi zokudibana njengecawe iyafana kulo lonke uhlaselo lotshaba:
I-Iceberg! “Hlangana nayo”
Ngaphambi nje kokuba ndikhuphe ubungqina obuphathelele iinzame zotshaba zokusingela phantsi isiseko sokholo lwethu ngokusasazwa kweethiyori ezihendayo, ndandifunde ngesiganeko esingenqanawa ekwinkungu idibana nentaba yomkhenkce. Kangangeentsuku ezininzi ndandilala kancinci. Ndabonakala ndigobile okwenqwelo ephantsi kwezithungu. Ngobunye ubusuku kwaboniswa umfanekiso ocacileyo phambi kwam. Kwakukho isitya phezu kwamanzi, kwinkungu enzima. Ngequbuliso ijondi yakhala, “Iceberg ikufuphi!” Apho, phezu kwenqanawa, kwakukho intaba yomkhenkce. Ilizwi elinegunya ladanduluka lisithi, “Yihlangabeze!” Khange kubekho mathandabuzo nangomzuzu. Yayilixesha lesenzo esikhawulezileyo. Injineli yafaka umphunga, yaza indoda eyayihamba ngevili yaqhuba inqanawa yaya ngqo kwintaba yomkhenkce. Ngengozi wabetha umkhenkce. Kwabakho umothuko owoyikekayo, yaye ilitye lomkhenkce laqhekeka laziingceba ezininzi, lawa ngengxolo engathi yindudumo kumgangatho womgangatho. Abakhweli bashukunyiswe ngamandla kolo ngquzulwano, kodwa akukho mntu uswelekileyo. Inqanawa yenzakele, kodwa ayizange iphinde ilungiswe. Waphinda waphinda wamana exhuzula, engcangcazela ukusuka kwisiqu ukuya ngasemva, njengesidalwa esiphilayo. Emva koko waqhubela phambili endleleni yakhe.
Kulungile ndandiyazi intsingiselo yokumelwa. Bendinazo iiodolo zam. Ndawava amazwi, ngathi lilizwi eliphuma kuMphathi wethu, "Dibane nayo!" Ndandiwazi umsebenzi wam, kwaye kwakungekho mzuzu wokuphulukana. Lalifikile ixesha lokuba kuthathwe isigqibo. Ndimele ndithobele umyalelo othi, "Yihlangabeze!"
Ngobo busuku ndandivukile ngentsimbi yokuqala, ndibhala ngokukhawuleza kangangoko isandla sam sasinokudlula phezu kwephepha. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezalandelayo ndasebenza kwangethuba nasemva kwexesha, ndilungiselela abantu bakuthi umyalelo endawunikwayo ngokuphathelele iimpazamo ezazingena phakathi kwethu.
Bendinethemba lokuba kuya kubakho uhlaziyo olucokisekileyo, nokuba imigaqo esasiyilwela kwimihla yangaphambili, neyakhutshwa ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, iya kugcinwa. {1SM 205.3-206.3}
Okokuqala, ndingathanda ukuba uqaphele ukuba "wathumela izingqiniso ngemigudu yotshaba”. Ama-Adventist amaninzi aphikisa ukuba akusiyo umsebenzi wethu ukujonga into eyenziwa lutshaba. Kodwa ndivumelana no-Ellen G. White ukuba ngokwenene kwakhona (!) Kuyimfuneko "ukuqikelela i-icebergs" kwi-fairway. Kwaye owona mkhenkce omkhulu osilindeleyo mhlawumbi nguMthetho weSizwe weCawa e-US, kuba siyazi ukuba ixesha lethu lokulungiselela kufuneka ligqitywe kwangaphambili. Ngaba bekungayi kuba kuhle kuthi ukuba sikhawuleze “sihlole lo mkhenkce” kwangethuba ukuze sihlawule ixesha elilahlekileyo?
Okwesibini, ndivumelana no-Ellen G. White ukuba akukho ndlela yokuphepha i-iceberg. Oko kuya—njengeTitanic—kukhokelela kuphela ekutshatyalalisweni kwenqanawa (icawa) ize izike. Ukulalanisa ngala magunya akunakwenzeka! Ithuba ekuphela kwalo “lithuba elizele ngumphunga phambi kwentaba yomkhenkce!” Ndizama ukudibana nayo kunye newebhusayithi yam encinci kangangoko imali yam encinci ivuma. Ndabona umthetho weCawa, kunye nenye "i-iceberg", ukubonakala kukaKristu wobuxoki, ukusuka kubabukeli kwaye ngoku khala intsimbi ye-alarm kwaye uvuthele ixilongo, ukuze sikwazi ukutshisa iinjini kwaye sihlangabezane nemiqobo ngamandla apheleleyo.
Okanye ngaba sele sinqumle intaba yomkhenkce singayiqaphelanga, kwaye “iTitanic” yethu sele ikrazukile ukusuka kwisiqu ukuya ngasemva kwaye sele iza kutshona ekuzoleni okungunaphakade kolwandle? Ngaba siye saziva siqiniseke ngokugqithiseleyo ngeziqu zethu, sikholose ngabayili yaye sicinga ukuba sikwinqanawa engenakuzika? Oko bekuya kuba kukuqondwa okoyikekayo kwaye bekuya kuthetha ukuba kwakuza kufuneka siyishiye inqanawa—logama nje kusekho isithuba kwizikhephe ezimbalwa zokuhlangula—iTitanic yayingenamalungiselelo aneleyo okuba bonke abakhweli babaleke nabo.
Xa nge-10 kaJulayi 2009 ndifumene ubungqina obungakumbi bokuchaneka kwezifundo zam zangaphambili, ndayeka ukuthandabuza kwaye ndaqalisa ukusebenza kule webhusayithi. Ndiyazi ukuba ndishiywe lixesha, kodwa icawe yethu asiyocawe eyamkela “ukukhanya okutsha” ngokulula, yiyo loo nto phantse iminyaka emine yadlula phambi kokuba ndiqalise le ndawo. Okwangoku andifuni kugxininisa ukuba "ndinokukhanya okutsha", kodwa nje ukuba ndibone iingozi ezaziwayo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndiyazi ukuba sikude kangakanani kungquzulwano. Kodwa mandikwabonise ukuba andizange ndibe naxesha lilula nabazalwana bethu ngaphambi kokuba ndigqibe kwelokuba mandipapashe izinto endizifumeneyo apha. Sisigqibo esisekelwe kuphela kumthandazo nokholo kuThixo. Ozakugxeka lento ayifundayo apha ucelwa ukuba makandigxeke buqu ayeke ibandla lonke kuba andenzi ngokuvuma okanye ngokuvuma kwayo. Andihlaseli, ndilungisa, okanye ndibuze naluphi na ulwazi lwangaphambili olwakha iintsika ezisemthethweni zenyaniso yangoku, kodwa ngokuchaseneyo umfundi uya kuqaphela ukuba ulwazi oludala luyisiseko salo lonke ulwazi olutsha, kwaye "ulwazi olutsha" luqinisekisa endala.
Ekuqaleni izinto endazifumanisayo zazintsha njengolwazi lokuba ii-icebergs zikhona. Ekuphela kombuzo yayikukuba: kuya kwenzeka nini ukungqubana, okanye sele kwenzekile kungabonwa? Ekubeni thina njengebandla sinoMoya weSiprofetho, ngaba akufanelanga ukuba silumkise ibandla kunye nehlabathi imini nobusuku njengoko wenzayo uEllen G. White ukuze sihlangabezane nezi zoyikiso zisifikela ngokuzeleyo?
Ndafunda ngokuzimisela yaye ndijonge indawo endingqongileyo. Iimeko zecawa yethu eMzantsi Merika zakhawuleza zandiqhubela apho ndandingasenakuzifanisa nayo. Andifuni kuyichaza apha into endiye ndajamelana nayo, kuba ndiyazi ukuba baninzi abazalwana noodade abanyanisekileyo endingafuni ukubakhathaza. Kodwa andizange ndiqonde ukuba singakanani na isono sasesidlangalaleni esasivunyelwe, ngakumbi phakathi kweenkokeli zeCawa yamaSabatha. Kuyabonakala ukuba bonke babethwe bubumfama. Ndacela ingcaciso kuThixo. Ndathandaza imini nobusuku kangangeenyanga ezininzi, kwaneminyaka. Ithe ngcembe iNkosi yaluvula ucango lwezi zifundo, olwakhokelela kwiChwe likaThixo eOrion. Okokuqala, ndaqonda ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni Emva kweeNdawo zoTshaba nokuba amatywina asixhenxe ayephindaphinda emva kowe-1844 kumfuziselo “weYeriko” nokuba, njengoko uEllen G. White wayesoloko esitsho, Imbali iyaphinda kwaye njalo amabandla asixhenxe ayaphinda.
Ndaqonda ukuba ekuphindaphindeni kwazo, elesibini nelesithathu itywina ngokucacileyo zimela iiMfazwe ezimbini zehlabathi ezinkulu, ezikwakhankanyiweyo kuMateyu 24 nakuLuka 21. Kodwa babephi abafeli-nkolo baseSmirna phakathi kwethu ebudeni belo xesha ababefele ukholo lwabo begcina iMithetho Elishumi, engqamana nomjikelo wokuqala wamatywina? Le mibuzo neminye efana nayo yandenza ndakhathazeka kakhulu. Ndaqalisa ukufunda ngembali yeCawa yama-Adventist, ndaza ndafumanisa izibakala ezoyikekayo! Ndagungqiswa kumbindi wokholo lwam kwaye ndicinga ukuba abaninzi benu baya kugungqiswa ngokunjalo xa nifunda oko uThixo asibonisa kona, ngakumbi, bazalwana bam abathandekayo, ngendlela eyoyikekayo ayenza ngayo!
Ndafumana iingcebiso ezingaqhelekanga kubungqina buka-Ellen G. White. Umzekelo:
Isahluko sesihlanu seSityhilelo sifanele sihlolisiswe ngokucokisekileyo. Kubaluleke kakhulu kwabo baya kuba nenxaxheba kumsebenzi kaThixo wale mihla yokugqibela. Kukho abathile abalahlekiswayo. Abaqondi ukuba yintoni na ezayo emhlabeni. Abo baye bavumela iingqondo zabo ukuba zigutyungelwe kuko okusisono balahlekiswa ngokoyikeka. Ngaphandle kokuba benze utshintsho oluqinisekileyo baya kufunyanwa beswele xa uThixo ewisa isigwebo kubantwana babantu. Bawugqithile umthetho kwaye bawaphula umnqophiso ongunaphakade, kwaye baya kufumana ngokwemisebenzi yabo. {9T267.1}
UEllen G. White wathetha ngenkohliso yeqela labantu. Ngoobani eli qela? Le migca ibhekiswa kuthi njengamaSeventh-day Adventists. Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba abanye bethu baye balahlekiswa? Ukuba kunjalo, ngubani? Ngaba ukho umntu oyiqondayo intsingiselo yalo myalezo ungaqhelekanga? Le webhusayithi inika iimpendulo kwaye ndithandazela ukuba ube phakathi kwabo “abancwinayo, bakhale ngamasikizi awenzekayo esixekweni [icawa yethu]”, kuba kuphela abo kwaye akukho mntu wumbi uya kufumana iTywina likaThixo (ngokukaHezekile 9).
Ndiyathemba ukuba wena, mzalwana othandekayo, dade othandekayo, undwendwe oluthandekayo lwale ndawo, uyakufunda ngomthandazo oko ndikupapashe apha. Wonke umntu unoxanduva kuye kwaye kufuneka athobele ilizwi lakhe langaphakathi xa kuziwa ekuqondeni inyaniso. Ndingathanda ukuvumela uMoya weSiprofetho, ethe ibandla lethu lasikelelwa ngokutyebileyo ngawo, ukhokele kuwe amazwi okugqibela eli nqaku lentshayelelo:
Imfuneko yeCawa
Eli hlabathi kuMkristu lilizwe labasemzini neentshaba. Ukuba akathanga athabathele ekuzikhuseleni kwakhe, aphathe ikrele loMoya, abe lixhoba lamandla obumnyama. Ukholo lwabo bonke luya kuvavanywa. Bonke baya kucikidwa njengokucikidwa kwegolide emlilweni.
Icawa ibunjwe ngamadoda nabafazi abangafezekanga, abanxaxhayo, abafuna ukubonakalisa uthando nonyamezelo ngokuqhubekayo. Kodwa kukho ixesha elide lokuba dikidiki ngokubanzi; umoya wehlabathi oza ebandleni ulandelwe kukwahlukaniswa, ukugxekana, ulunya, iimbambano, nobugwenxa.
Ukuba kuthe kwancipha ekushumayeleni kwabantu abantliziyo zingcwele, abazinikele ngokupheleleyo ekuthobeni umphefumlo wabo phambi koThixo, singathembela ke ukuba iNkosi ingabonakala kuni, ikuphilise ukuphamba kwenu. Inkoliso yokushumayela mva nje ivelisa unqabiseko lobuxoki. Izilangazelelo ezibalulekileyo kwinjongo kaThixo azinakulawulwa ngobulumko ngabo bangenalo unxulumano lokwenene oluncinane noThixo njengoko abanye babalungiseleli bethu bebenalo. Ukuphathisa amadoda anjalo umsebenzi kufana nokumisela abantwana ukuba balawule iinqanawa ezinkulu elwandle. Abo baswele ubulumko basezulwini, baswele amandla okuphila noThixo, abanakukwazi ukulawula inqanawa yevangeli phakathi kweentaba zomkhenkce kunye nezaqhwithi. Icawe idlula kwiingxwabangxwaba ezinzima, kodwa ebumngciphekweni bayo abaninzi banokuthembela kuyo kwizandla eziya kuyonakalisa ngokuqinisekileyo. Sifuna umqhubi wenqwelomoya ngoku, kuba sisondela echwebeni. Njengabantu sifanele sibe lukhanyiso lwehlabathi. Kodwa ke zininzi iintombi ezizizidenge, ezingenaoli ezityeni zazo, kwanezibane zazo. Yanga iNkosi yalo lonke ubabalo, omninzi ngenceba, ezele luxolelo, novelwano, isisindise, ukuze singabhubhi kunye nabangendawo!
Kweli xesha longquzulwano nokulingwa sidinga yonke inkxaso nentuthuzelo esinokuyifumana kwimigaqo yobulungisa, kwiinkolelo zonqulo ezizinzileyo, kwisiqinisekiso esihlala sihleli sothando lukaKrestu, kunye namava atyebileyo kwizinto ezingcwele. Siya kufikelela kwisiqu esizeleyo samadoda nabafazi kuKristu Yesu kuphela ngenxa yokukhula okuthe chu elubabalweni.
Owu, ndingathini ukuvula amehlo aziimfama, ukukhanyisa ukuqonda kokomoya! Isono masibethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Ukulungiswa ngokupheleleyo kokuziphatha kufuneka kwenziwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Kufuneka sibe nothando lukaThixo, sibe nokholo oluphilileyo, oluhlala luhleli. Yiyo le igolide enyibilikisiweyo emlilweni. Singayifumana kuphela ngoKristu. Wonke umfuni onyanisekileyo nonyanisekileyo uya kuba yinxalenye yendalo yobuthixo. Umphefumlo wakhe uya kuzaliswa kulangazelelo olunzulu lokwazi inzaliseko yothando olugqithisela ulwazi; njengokuba ehambela phambili kubomi obungcwele uya kukwazi ngcono ukubamba iinyaniso eziphakamile, ezikhulisayo zelizwi likaThixo, ade ngokubona kwakhe aguquke aze abe nako ukubonakalisa ukufana nomKhululi wakhe. {5T 104.2–105.2}
